The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-01

1Ou De lOT uH. WHO can Do against US!
"lf God spared not his own Son, but
freely gave him up Cor US all, how shall
hc not with him also freely give us al
things?' For | am persuaded that
neither height. rCr depth, nor angels, nor
rrinCipalitics, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come shall take
from us into fnal captivity the Gospel Of
my blessed Lord Jesus Christ.
Again, the Gospel well, like the one
spoken Of i'll my text, is well at the
gate. The traveller stops the camel to-
day, and gets down ami dips out of the
valley of the east some very beautiful,
clear, bright water, and that is out Of
the very well that David lonGed for. Do
you know that that we'll was at the gate
so that nobody could go into Bethlehem
without going right past it: And so it is
with this Gospel weIl-it is at the gate.
1t is, in the first place. at the gate of
publication. We cannot wash away our
sins unless with that water. | take the
responsibility Of saying that there is no
man. woman or chill in this house
today that las escaped sinful Getile-
ment. Do you say it is outrageous
and ungallant for me to make such
a charge? Do you say, Il have never
stolcn-T have never blasphemed-I have
never committed Unchastitv-I have
never been guilty Of MURDER l reply,
you have committed a SIN worse than
blasphemy, worse than unchastity, worse
than theft, worse than murder. We have
all committed it. We have by our sin
re-Crucified the Lord, and that is decide.
And if there be any who Care to plead
mot guilty" to the indictment, then the
hosts of heaven will be impaneled as a
jury to render unanimous verdict against
us; guilty one, guilty all. With what
slashing stroke that one passage cuts us
away from all our rrctersions: There
is none that doeth good-no, not one.
"Oh," says some one, ''all we want. all
the race wants, is development. Now
! want to tell YOU that the race deTelops
without the Gospel into Sodom, a Five
Points, great Salt Lake City. 1t always
develops downward, and never upward,
except as the grace of God lays hold of
it. What, then, Is to become of our soul
without Christ? Punishment. Disaster.
But | bless my Lord Jesus Christ that
there is well at the gate Of puriiCation.
For great sin, greGt pardon. For eighty
wears of transgression, aD eternity Of for
giveness. For crime deep as he'll. an
atonemen5 high as heaven; that where
sin abounded, SO grace may much more
abound; that rs ein ;'.i~"ol unto Geath.
even 20 may &. &c ~ Il light
eousncss unto eternal lite bv Jesus Christ
our Lord. Angel Of the Concnant, dip
thy wing in tiis living fountain today,
and wave it over this s. .lann aascmblare,
that our souls may lie washed i'll "the
b. the gate
Further, I remark that this well of
the Gospel is at the gate Of comfort. DO
You know whore David was when h"
uttered the words Of the text? He was
in the cave of -Adullam. That is whore
some Of You are now. Has the world
always gone smoothly with you: las it
never pursued You with SANDER? Is
yOur heal,h always good: Have your
fortunes never perished: Are your chill
drCn all alive and well? Is there one
dead lamb in the fold: Are you iguo-
rant Of the way 10 the cemetery: Have
You ever heard the bell toll when it
seemed rs if every stroke of the iron
clappcr beat your heart: Are the skies
as bright when YOU look into them as
they Used to be when other eyes, now
closed. used to look into them? Is there
some trunk or drawer in your house that
you go to only on anniversary days,
when there comes beating against YOUR
soul the surf of a great ocean of agony!
1t is the cave of Adullam. The cave of
Adul!am Is there some David here
whose fathcrly heart wayward Absalom
has broken? Is there some Abraham here
who is lonely because Sarah is dead in
the family plot Of Machpelah: After
thirty or forty years of Companionship,
how hard i v..S for them to part. Why
not have two seats in the Lords chariot,
SO that both the old folks might have
gone up at once? My aged mother, in
her last moment. said to my father.
Father, wouldn't it be nice if we could
both so together" No, no, no, We
must part. And there are wounded
hearts here today. The world cannot
comfort you. What can it bring you?
Nothing. Nothing. The salve they try
to put on your wounds will not stick.
They cannot, with their bungling sur
gerry, mend the broken bones.
Zoppar the Naamathite, and Bildad
the Shuhite, and Eliphaz the Temanite,
come III and talk, and talk, and talk. but
miserable comforters are they all. They
cannot pour light into the cave of Adul-
lam. They cannot bring single draught
of water from 1.-THE well of Bethlehem,
which is by the gate. But glory be to
Jesus Christ, there is comfort at the gate.
There is life in the we'll at the gate. If
YOU give me time, will draw up prom
iSe for every man, woman and child in
this house. Aye, | will do it in two
minutes. will lay hold the rope of the
old well. What is Your trouble? oh
you say, Il am SO sick, so weary of life
ailments after ailments. l viii draw
UP a promise: "The inhabitants shall
never say, i am sick. What is your
t.oublc? "Oh, it is loss of friends-be-
rcavement, you say. will draw you
up a promise, fresh and cool, out of the
W, II: Il am the resurrection and the life;
he that bclieveth in me, though lie were
dead, yet shall he live" What is your
trouble? You say it is the infirlnities of
old age. will draw you up a promise:
Down to old age l am with thee, to
hoary hairs will carry thee" What is
your trouble? ''Oh. you say, Il have
a widowed soul, and my children cry fo,
bread" bring up this promise: Leave
thy fatherless children-I will preserve
them alive, and let thy widows trust in
me-" / break through the armed ranks
of your sorrows today, and bring TO your
parched lips "a drink of the water Of the
well of Bethlehem. which is by tho